GLOBAL COMPACT

Partnership projectsPromoting gender mainstreaming in workplace

Gender Index Project as a practical example how to use the GC framework combined with EU funding.

UNDP Poland23th of April 2007

London www.globalcompact.org.pl

Rzeczpospolita Internetowa (UNDP and TP Group Fundation)

 

Liga Miast (UNDP, PKN Orlen, Levi Strauss Ostrów Wielkopolski City, Płock City)

Our main projects with private sector

EQUAL - ESF

EUROPEAN INITIATIVE EQUAL AND

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND as a tool for supporting GC activities

Partnership is the key!

EQUAL PROJECTS

Gender Index - action against women’s discrimination on the labor market by increasing employers’ knowledgeParent- Employee - Professional Development of Parents on Post-Maternity LeaveElaStan – flexible employment - promotion of the flexible forms of employmentMISARN - support to the Mentally Competent Youth and Young Adults with Physical Disabilities Rain Man - creation of the model, replicable social enterprise, that will employ people with autism

EQUAL PROJECTS

Social Economy - defining crucial requirements for the proper functioning of Polish model of social economy. Black Sheep - improving access to the labor market for (ex)-offenders Alliance for work - inclussion of the people aged 45+ at risk of unemployment, who would like to remain professionally and / or socially active, to labor marketWe can do more - working out a Polish model of a social co-operative on the basis of the experience of other countriesEco-chance - inclussion in the labour market people suffering from social exclusion due to long-term absence from the market

GC and EU – where is hiding synergy

Partnership again… with private sector of course

1. Using EU funds we are building with private sector useful and practical know-how, needed for them in their daily work

2. Using EU funds we have resourses for media campaigns (visibility)

3. Using EU funds we have support from EC side to develop developed know-how in future

Partnership projects under Global Compact

1. Inviting new companies to join the initiative and making „old” members

more active

FMCG ICT companies

( x, y)

Pharmace-utical comp.

Banks(a, b)

Partnership projects under Global Compact

2. Creating thematic coalitions – group of companies interested in the same thematic

area

Roma minority Gender

( a, x)

Social exclusion

ICT

ICT

Partnership projects under Global Compact

3. Creating think-tanks

Gender Coalition

Company y

Company x

U N D P

Think - tankContent-related support

Partnership projects under Global Compact

4. Building projects – cooperation of three partners

UNDP (Global Compact Office)

Cluster(companies, NGOs and media)

Think – tank(expert, experts)

PROJECT

U N D P

Partnership projects under Global Compact

5. Promotion of the project

PROJECT

PR activities,Media

campaigns

Promotion of:1. The results of the project.2. Social problem which is being tackled. 3. Company implementing the project.

Practical example

Gender Index action against women’s discrimination on the labor

market by increasing employers’ knowledge

Objectives

Counteract women discrimination in the workplace by constructing management models for gender sensitive companies

Increase the level of labour law observance among employers in relation to women’s situation in the workplace

Increase the level of employers’ knowledge and interest for activities promoting and empowering women in the workplace

Practical example

Gender Index action against women’s discrimination on the labor

market by increasing employers’ knowledge

Activities

Expert work aiming at the creation of research tool concerning the situation of women in a company / in the workplace

Public campaign on gender equality in the workplace with 16 regional debates National competition for a company with the best policy in promoting women and gender equality in the workplace

Gathering good practices concerning gender equality and the workplace in a form of a guide for employers. Building up a training model concerning gender equality and the workplace for employers and other stakeholders.

Practical example

Gender Index action against women’s discrimination on the labor

market by increasing employers’ knowledge

Products•Gender Index - practical instrument of analysis and control concerning the situation of women in companies

•Public debate on the situation of women in companies, its wider social background, as well as effects

•First group of Polish companies identified as having the best gender equality policies

•Good practices guide prepared for employers and comprehensive training model concerning gender equality and the workplace for employers and other groups involved.

Practical example

Gender Index action against women’s discrimination on the labor

market by increasing employers’ knowledge

Business involvement

• Participation in pilot research for testing Gender Index – gender equality indicator

•Participation in National Competition for the Best Gender Sensitive Company (target was 30 we have 52 companies!)

•Presentation of company activities in Best Practice Guide “Gender Equality in the Workplace”

•Participation of company representatives in special trainings “Gender Equality in the Workplace”

Thank You

www.globalcompact.org.pl

and

www.undp.org.pl